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NOOO...Not water pistols!!! Oh the humanity. Next you will tell me they may have engaged in things like water balloon fights, noodle wars at the pools, or even "shudder" dodgeball. Rumor has it some unit actually had (hope you are sitting down) cubs that picked up sticks and ran around pointing them at each other going "bang" "bang". Luckily they were put into intense therapy to curb such foolishness.

Pretty sure the under the table girls participating and the "Aahh shucks" well units already have girls was a big talking point. Valid observation they were never officially registered but it was one of the reasons cited for the changes. Heck...we're doing it anyway

Only in the cone of silence

Curse you New World Order!!!

I prefer the brand that has to boiled (and thus purified) prior to use. Sort of kills two birds with one stone; lightweight and convenient and also safe to drink.

The 2017 course material still speaks of the the six essentials: As a quick reminder, the Cub Scout Six Essentials for hiking are a first-aid kit, a filled water bottle, a flashlight, trail food, sun protection, and a whistle.

Use the “St. Crispin’s Day Speech” from Shakespeare’s Henry V. In it King Henry exemplifies manliness in action as he rallies his army against the highly skilled French knights Always a crowd pleaser...

Well...BSA National has more to worry about than a name change by 2020 (and 2022). Gonna need to keep existing numbers and add about 1.8 million new Scouts (any gender welcomed) and keep them for the next 4 years to cover all of this need From the 2016 annual report: In March 2012, the National Council issued debt to finance the development of the Summit. $175,000,000 in 10-year, tax exempt bonds was added to the existing 2010 Series A and B bonds, and the 5-year $50,000,000 line of credit was increased by $25,000,000 to $75,000,000. Bond issuance costs were $100,000. The Series A bond was paid in 2015 and the Series B bond has monthly principal and interest payment with a balloon payment of $40,363,000 due in 2020. The $175,000,000 bonds payable, requires monthly interest and principal payments with a balloon payment of $136,834,000 due in 2022. The organization’s entire bond proceeds have been used for development of the Summit. But...on the plus side... Management believes that cash generated from operations, together with the liquidity provided by existing cash balances, the line of credit, along with significant donor contributions, will continue to be sufficient to pay the bond payments as scheduled. So we've got that belief going for us

Watched a Philmont staffer as he finished the climb up and on to the Tooth of Time set his Nalgene down, it wobbled and then rolled over the edge and took the express route towards the stockade. He sort of reached for it, and we told him to "let it go man". Assumption is it broke but we did not have confirmation

Interesting. If a pack has boys does either the Cubmaster or Assistant Cubmaster have to be male?

Guess it depends on the troop. My son's year we had 21 cross over into the troop. They went into the 6 existing patrols. Over the next 7 years 13 attained Eagle. Ones that did not pretty much dropped out within first 2 years for a variety of reasons. The main high school lists Eagle Scout in the graduation program. Ours is the big troop in the area and it is nice to see all the Scouts listed each year that attend there.

Penn State...football coaches...what could possibly go wrong there Also fraternities...not a chance any issues with those Walking up stairs, driving to campus, intramural activities I am confident pose zero risks

No love for the Nalgene? Put stickers on them, clip them to your belt, pretty near indestructible. Also you can get one that glows in the dark

Yeah...I was being humorous, any time you see a picture of more than 1 Cub / Scout together and the uniforms are matchy matchy...it's a promo photo Speaking of the comments, they are literally comedy gold in the article First one right out of the gate from "Stu" I'm a Cubmaster for a pack. We just signed our first girl. We received approval to have a co-ed den until a few more girls join. So far, it's been great! The girl happens to be my daughter. She joined her age-appropriate den; whereas she spent the last year hanging out with my son's den (by necessity). So...approval for a co-ed den, where did that come from you may ask Approval came from our regional council. We had to change our charter from "boys only" to "family. Then somebody asks I've spoken with my DE who says this isn't possible. What Council are you in? I'd like to contact them for clarification. Stu has not responded Whole series of comments with a myriad of opinions on who or whom has to be registered / in attendance / hanging out if you have a girls den. People quoting page 7 of FAQ, people quoting YPT, it's a madhouse

Only solution is the cone of Youth Protection

No doubt. I presume there are a series of college courses and courses of study detailing these items. The degree would be in Nano Studies, and then you can work in the Ministry of Silly Walks

Wonder how the happy girls running in the photo earned 3 ranks in the last 3 months...that is some motivated cubbies. Neat that they all matched also

One of our new scouts thought KP and the 3 pot method was hazing. The SPL looked at him and said work is not hazing, if they did decide to haze him it would involve a good bit of orientation and training his part, you can't expect to fully appreciate hazing unless you have been properly trained. The SPL has a future in corporate America

An interesting perspective. Assume there is more behind the article than just a puff piece Seems Backpacker Magazine is not in on the whole "this is the best thing ever" party train But six months later, as the organization draws flak from Girl Scouts, the future of young women in the BSA is still murky. Cub Scout packs still don’t have to let girls join Even in co-ed packs, all dens (the sub-units of the group that do most of their activities together) will remain single-gender. A number for quotes from the Family Engagement Officer for Girl Scouts of the USA, also apparently not a fan BSA isn’t really doing much to appeal to the interests and needs of girls, and has not demonstrated any interest in serving their specific needs They will be keeping the organizational name, Boy Scouts of America, and therein asking girls who join to give up part of their identity BSA has made no public statement that indicates that they intend to alter their programming in any way to serve girls. https://www.backpacker.com/stories/the-trouble-with-girls-in-boy-scouts?utm_source=basecampnewsletter&utm_medium=email

We ran into that at some meeting and definitely had a WTF moment. The leader expressed (quite sincerely) that is was hazing and the totin chit was the scouts property and we were "stealing" it etc etc Wisely we just let it pass and did not go into that we also take knives and other items if there is an issue. Yep it may be their property but at the end of the day, leaders are in fact leaders Had not heard of the lost items concern. Seems we have jumped the proverbial shark. That is a great part of summer camp fun, standing in front of a scout, asking if they have lost something, them saying no while you are holding the item with their name on it as you speak with them.

The e-mail is pretty simple, as you can add someone to an e-mail and the string continues Texting is a challenge, we just start a new text string and add another leader. Also we have scouts ask questions on the instagram feed, but that is public and we have multiple admins, so not a huge difference from asking something at a meeting Luckily current generation of scouts do not realize the iphone is in fact a phone and they can have actual verbal communications with someone, so we have not had to do conference calls